Genus Leucaspis Targioni, 1868

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• Leucaspis Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1868. Introduzione alla seconda memoria per gli studi sulle cocciniglie, e catalogo dei generi e delle specie della famiglia dei coccidi. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali 11: 694-738 [734].

  Type species:

   Leucaspis candida Targioni, 1868 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Brittin, G. 1937. Notes on the genus Leucaspis, with description of thirteen New Zealand species and redescription of eight foreign species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 67: 281-302 [281-284] (as Leucaspis; description)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [878] (as Leucaspis; description)

Takagi, S. 1969. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 1. Insecta Matsumurana 32: 1-110 [25-26] (as Leucaspis; description)

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